Rail-joint.



J. DE FALCO.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION man JUNE 12, 1915.

www. ma Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12., 1216.

Application filed June 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,296.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn on FALoo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved rail joint, which does not require the use of bolts, pins or other fastening devices which are liable to work loose, rust or break; and to provide a form of rail joint which can be manufactured at small expense and which provides an eflective and secure fastening device. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan of my invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of same; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of a form having an added member 12; Fig. 4B is a side elevation of same; Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of member 10.

Like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a rail chair comprising two like chair members A and B, as shown, each chair member having a chair plate 1, an upright rail engaging member 2, and a rail flange engaging portion 3 having a tapered end 4. On the other end of the chair plate I provide an overlapping flange 5 having a tapered or wedge-like edge portion 6 adapted to wedge against the tapered portion 4: of the other half of the rail joint. I provide suitable slotted portions 7 in the outer edges of members 3 and 5 to receive spikes which secure the rail joint to the ties. I further provide a recessed portion 9 having an inclined wall adapted to receive in wedge like engagement the similar tapered arm 10 of the coacting member of the rail joint, and provide a diagonally disposed edge portion 8 extending between portions 9 and 10 of each member of the rail chair. In lieu of members 9 and 10 I may omit member 9 and provide an extended arm 11 that engages under chair 1 of the coacting portion of the rail joint without being in wedge engagement therewith, as shown in Fig. 3. And I may further provide a curved downwardly projecting outer flange 12 on rail chair memher 1 to facilitate mounting this construction of rail oint on the ties. Flange 12 has its bottom edge substantially in alinement with arm 11.

The operation of my invention consists in the wedging engagement of the tapered edge portion 6 of each member with the corresponding tapered portion 3 ofthe other half of the rail joint, and of the wedging engagement of a wedge-like arm 10 having an inclined wall, as illustrated with the corresponding inclined wall of recessed portion 9 of the co-acting half of the rail joint. The wedge like engagement of these members effectively holds the rail engaging members 2 against the rail. The rail joint as a whole is secured to the ties by spikes driven in the slotted edge portion 7. In the modified construction in which the curved bottom flanges 12 are provided on the bottom of the rail chair these members engage the ties and fa cilitate the proper mounting of the rail joint.

What I claim is:

1. In a rail joint, coacting joint members each having a chair, portions overlapping opposite rail flanges one having a tapered edge, a rail web engaging member, an arm on the rail chair engaging under the rail chair of the coacting joint member, slotted edge portions for spiking the device to ties.

2. In a rail joint, coacting joint members each having a chair portion, a rail web engaging portion, a wedge-like portion opposite to the rail web engaging portion, a tapered end portion adapted to wedge against the correspondinglv tapered portion of the coacting joint member, a wedge-like arm eX- tending outwardly from one side of the rail chair, a correspondinglv recessed portion on the other side of the rail chair to receive the wedge-like arm of the coacting member of the rail joint, a diagonal edge portion extending between the arm and recessed portions, and slotted edge portions for spiking the rail joint to the ties.

In a rail j oint, coacting joint members,

each having a chair portion having an arm the same in wedge-like engagement, and engaging under a portlon of the chalr of the slotted edge portlons to recelve t1e spikes.

coacting member, an upright rail engaging JOSEPH DE FALCO. portion, correspondingly tapered abutting Witnesses:

5 edge portions on diagonally opposed por- FRANK BALSAMO, tions of the coacting joint members to secure JOSEPH LANDADIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. bv addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington. D. G." 

